Conclusion

Whoops...forgot this ended tomorrow! I'm still working on my list, though.

The first two Yada Yada Prayer books by Neta Jackson. Actually read all six; book 7, the conclusion, is slated to be published this fall.
Wishing on Dandelions by Mary De Muth
The Oak Leaves by Maureen Lang
Wild Rose by Ruth Axell Morren
The Plight of Mattie Gordon by Jeanne Marie Leach
Chocolate Beach by Julie Carobini
The Secret of Us by Roxanne Henke
What She Left for Me by Tracie Peterson

The other books will be read in August, since I thought that is when the challenge ended. I have read 81 books so far this year. Yay me!

Playing Catch-Up

Catching up from vacation, and not sure which week we're on right now? Five or six? I'll tag both, I guess.

*Wishing on Dandelions by Mary E. De Muth. Excellent book, difficult subject matter (teen recovering from child abuse)

*The Plight of Mattie Gordon by Jeanne Marie Leach. A Christian historical western.

*The Starter Wife by Gigi Levangie Grazer. Hollywood a la Sex and the City

*Straight Up by Lisa Samson. Just amazing. I can't even begin to describe.

*How Elizabeth Barrett Browning Saved My Life by Mameve Medwed. This was a great read, from the B&N summer clearance shelf. Intellectual chick lit, if there is such a thing.

*The Yada Yada Prayer Group and The Yada Yada Prayer Group Gets Down, by Neta Jackson. I'm planning to read all six in the series in the next couple of weeks, thanks to PaperbackSwap.com and the local library.

Week 2 already?!

I can't believe it's the second week of the challenge already! Time sure flies, and all that jazz.

I read Susan Meissner's A Seahorse in the Thames this week; it's from my 2007 TBR Challenge list. It is a very good book. She writes excellent, above-the-norm Christian fiction.

The same can be said for my next read, a Summer Challenge book, Wishing on Dandelions by Mary E. DeMuth. Definitely excellent fiction, Christian or not. It's reminiscent of Sue Monk Kidd's The Secret Life of Bees, without being the same as that book. The same Southern flavor, a coming-of-age sort of novel, but with much more redemption and forgiveness. It's an excellent book.

I finished A Wrinkle in Time with my kids, too. That's from my Newbery Challenge list.

I also read a chick lit that was not even good enough to mention. Some are, this one wasn't.

Hello! Pattie's Intro

Thanks for letting me play Summer Challenge with you all! I'm excited about finishing the spring books I didn't finish, and whittling down the Mt. TBR over the summer months.

Week 1 reading: PS I Love You by Cecelia Ahern, My Heart's in the Lowlands by Liz Curtis Higgs, and A Seahorse in the Thames by Susan Meissner.

Summer TBR:
The first two Yada Yada Prayer books by Neta Jackson. The first one is a double-challenge book, shared with the 2007 TBR challenge. The second isn't on a challenge list, I don't think.

Others on the Summer TBR List, not currently on other lists:
Wishing on Dandelions by Mary De Muth
The Oak Leaves by Maureen Lang
Wild Rose by Ruth Axell Morren
The Plight of Mattie Gordon by Jeanne Marie Leach
The Secret of Us by Roxanne Henke
What She Left for Me by Tracie Peterson